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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF
November 30, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%          
bpost SA   10,900   $62,645 
           
Banks — 8.8%          
KBC Ancora   3,315    138,113 
KBC Group NV   19,748    1,093,914 
         1,232,027 
Beverages — 22.9%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   54,689    3,225,305 
           
Biotechnology — 13.5%          
Argenx SE(a)   4,302    1,741,167 
Galapagos NV(a)   4,008    159,748 
         1,900,915 
Chemicals — 9.4%          
Recticel SA   4,487    70,308 
Solvay SA   5,901    585,349 
Tessenderlo Group SA(a)   2,056    68,268 
Umicore SA   16,690    602,331 
         1,326,256 
Construction & Engineering — 3.0%          
Ackermans & van Haaren NV   1,981    314,871 
Deme Group NV(a)   807    100,341 
         415,212 
Distributors — 2.7%          
D’ieteren Group   2,023    385,284 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 6.3%          
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV   7,462    602,295 
Sofina SA   1,297    282,322 
         884,617 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%          
Proximus SADP   13,393    140,102 
           
Electric Utilities — 2.8%          
Elia Group SA/NV   2,747    391,416 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1%          
Barco NV   6,445    148,437 
           
Entertainment — 0.4%          
Kinepolis Group NV(a)   1,514    58,385 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 7.8%          
Aedifica SA   3,300    260,049 
Cofinimmo SA   2,570    224,415 
Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV   2,443    52,115 
Montea NV   1,149    77,274 
Retail Estates NV   1,102    69,634 
Warehouses De Pauw CVA   13,129    350,809 
Xior Student Housing NV   2,412    69,648 
         1,103,944 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%          
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV   4,847    128,047 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%          
Ion Beam Applications   2,832    42,437 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%          
Fagron   6,769    89,059 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Health Care Technology — 0.3%          
AGFA-Gevaert NV(a)   16,317   $47,182 
           
Insurance — 3.8%          
Ageas SA/NV(b)   13,263    537,043 
           
IT Services — 0.3%          
Econocom Group SA/NV(b)   13,743    40,686 
           
Media — 0.5%          
Telenet Group Holding NV   4,602    73,469 
           
Metals & Mining — 0.9%          
Bekaert SA   3,433    122,588 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.5%          
Euronav NV   15,767    308,218 
Exmar NV   4,501    41,826 
         350,044 
Personal Products — 0.4%          
Ontex Group NV(a)   8,046    54,194 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 4.7%          
Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA(a)(b)   5,126    24,232 
UCB SA   7,892    637,015 
         661,247 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.7%          
Immobel SA(b)   705    35,363 
Shurgard Self Storage SA   2,460    107,380 
VGP NV   1,178    95,850 
         238,593 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%          
Melexis NV   1,848    162,824 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%          
Van de Velde NV.   1,061    35,772 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.0%          
Orange Belgium SA(a)   319    5,656 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 98.5%          
(Cost: $20,575,768)        13,863,386 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 4.0%          
           
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 4.06%(c)(d)(e)   566,844    566,901 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 4.0%          
(Cost: $566,898)        566,901 
           
Total Investments — 102.5%          
(Cost: $21,142,666)        14,430,287 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.5)%        (352,517)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $14,077,770 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(c) Affiliate of the Fund.
(d)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.
(e)All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF
November 30, 2022  

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at
08/31/22
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sale
   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value at
11/30/22
   Shares
Held at
11/30/22
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $26,013   $540,914(a)   $   $(15)  $(11)  $566,901    566,844   $1,093(b)   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b)All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
Euro STOXX 50 Index   5   12/16/22  $209   $23,395 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

 

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                    
Assets                    
Common Stocks  $177,806   $13,685,580   $   $13,863,386 
Money Market Funds   566,901            566,901 
   $744,707   $13,685,580   $   $14,430,287 
                     
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $23,395   $   $23,395 

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

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